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Thursday, July 19, 2018

Wild Animals and Friends Like You (giggle) - Digi Tutorial

It's time to share a sweet friendship card using WILD ANIMALS for the new Moving Along With The TimesChallenge!How's that for a combination -- sweet AND wild?

We hope you can play along. Challenge #76's theme is WILD ANIMALS - just make sure your card's focal image has at least one wild animal and share your card!

My cards are made entirely from white card stock. If you are new to digital images, several tips are included below:

TIP:Don't have a special app for your digitals? Use your word processor:

Most word processors have options for creating scenes. Play with yours to see what it can do. They may have a STYLE or FORMATTING option for things like OPACITY, SHADOWS, COLORS for you to create dimension, shadows, and color intensities:

TIP:

CREATE CUSTOM PAPER FROM YOUR IMAGE:

I saved a duplicate of the elephant image, and cropped off the head, tail and legs.
Then I put it on the word processor sheet, and sized it.
For the larger images, I simply increased the size of the image in the word processor:

to make the images smaller, I copy and pasted the image 3 times on my sheet and cut to size:

Both these options were used on my cards. Can you identify which card used the smaller print, and which used the larger?1. Spellbinders Detailed Scallops (frame) card 5.5" x 7.5":
The card looks beautiful before adhering the layers:

When embossing black, I prefer using a black pigment ink. But I don't have colored pigment inks these days, so....

TIP:

"making COLORED embossable ink"

I did not have a black pigment ink on hand, and I wanted the black background for the sentiment before heat setting with Midnight Madness Detail Opaque EP. Here's how: Ink your stamp with VersaMark (or other clear embossing fluid). Then tap on the dye base ink in the color of your choice on top of the VersaMark inked stamp. Stamp on your paper. Apply your embossing powder. Because the VersaMark was applied on the stamp first, when the image was stamped, the VersaMark ends up being on the "top layer" of your paper. Dredge with EP and heat set. Works for me every time.

53 comments:

Oh my goodness, stunning, Donna!! The paisley elephants look so amazing!! I have honestly never thought of altering the digis in photoshop but now you've inspired me!! I love how you made the paper, too!! This is so spectacular and your tips are fabulous!! I hope you have a great day, my friend!! Big hugs :)

What fabulous Elephants Donna, I love the fresh vibrant greens and paisley designs on them and then the sparkly sentiment making for one stunning creation. Might have had my eyes closed but didn't realise you were one of Wendy's 'girls'.

These cards are beautiful Donna, the elephant image is gorgeous and looks wonderful combined with the matching paper you've created! Great explanation and step by step of how you created these beautiful cards! hugsChrisx

OMG super card Donna. Love the elephant and the total design of this oh so ornate card. Thanks for joining us at the Lil Patch of Crafty Friends Challenges for our latest challenge. {Lil Patch of Crafty Friends Challenges}Good luck and join us again soon. Hugs, Barbara

Wow!! Donna your card is gorgeous! You are so talented with the digi stamps, I admire that you have so much knowledge of how to manipulate digis. Your tutorial is wonderful! Thank you for that! I just got some beautiful wild animal stamps from a cardmaking magazine that I am dying to use! Can you use a regular stamp for the challenge or does it have to be a digi stamp?? I love that gorgeous black embossing powder, I have to get it! You are so brave to work with the gilding flakes! I am afraid to try them! I make such a mess with the embossing powders that I can't image the mess I would make with the flakes! Those elephants are beautiful!

LOVE the elephant! WOW, you used so many lovely details on the card, and I love how you made the two side by side. Way too much for me to digest, but admire how talented you are with manipulating the digi, making your own paper, and creating such a beautiful card. I'm in awe of this gorgeous make!!

What a beautiful card and so very pretty with that pattern design in the green. Right now I can't do anything that requires digis as my printer is in the shop and it may mean a new purchase for me if it can't be fixed reasonably. But I truly love the way you created your fantastic card with the elephant images.

You're so clever, Donna! Lots of tips and tricks here! I will have to look closer at Microsoft Word to see if any of these options are available! Your card is absolutely gorgeous! Love all the details and sparkle!

Wow, Donna, you had me at digi tutorial! Giggling! You surely are wonderful and filled with tips today! I absolutely love the paisley elephants and now must go and try to do some of the things you shared. I love how you duplicated your elephants and changed the opacity. So very clever, but truly, what a gorgeous card! You are amazing, my friend! Been in a mojo-less state for a while, but I'm trying to "get back on that horse!" Haha! Hugs and love sweet friend...and hoping you are keeping cool and inside!! xoxo

This is fantastic. I would like to invite you to join our new monthly challenge over at Morgan’s Artworld Open Challenge. New Prizes, Certificates and Badges plus Images. Videos/Slideshows too. Enter any Image or Project, 3 entries permitted and Theme is “Always Anything Goes”. Love to see you enter each month. Hope you enter and keep us on your Challenge Blog Monthly List. Annette DT forhttp://morgansartworld.blogspot.com/

Truly amazing work here, great step-by-step tutorial on your blog, end result is absolutely stunning. Beautiful work, fabulous project.Thank you for sharing with us here today at World Wide Open Design Team Challenge and best of luck with your entry.

Oh wow that is just too cool, I love the way you did the two shades of the elephant, neat idea using the inner part to make the background, I love the details in this. I forget that tip of using the embossing ink first and then the color you want, it gives a great effect to the sentiment.Love the detail around the edges with the embossing powder. Such a pretty flower and center along with that lovely framing on the first card and on the second I just love the sparkle that you gave to the leaves. You always have such great detail and work to your cards, just stunning!

Donna, how did you know how much I love elephants - especially paisley ones!? These are the most beautiful ones I ever saw! This card is stunning and the instructions are certainly appreciated. I haven't mastered the digital stamp world yet. Won't you think about coming to Michigan? There's so much I need to learn from you! ;)

Hi Donna,I could not comment on your blog yesterday was having great trouble with quite a few.Here's hoping all goes well today.I love this wonderful card and your super elephant design.My you are so clever in creating this from digital work.I love the patterend elephants and their colours.The image has such wonderful depth too.Lots of crafty love. Jenny L.

I don't like to contaminate my dye inks with the Versamark, so another tip for you to try is to use a stamp positioner, stamp your image with dye ink, then, without removing the image stamp again using Versamark. Then apply your embossing powder and emboss.

I absolutely LOVE what you've done with this image!! I have the card kit in rubber stamp form, but I love how you just make those digis work in your favor and you're so good at it! I love how you've taken the same image for the papers too! The guilding flakes make such a wonderful impact to your design! Love the glittering of the flowers too! Always a win win situation to add more glitter!! LOL!! Beautifully done as always my friend! HUGS

Such a gorgeous card Donna! I love the jungle green you used, what a perfect fit for your choice of animal! Amazing computer work, your elephants are just fantastic! The white frame is so pretty and I love the silver foil work around the edging. No card of yours would be complete without a touch of glitter, and it's just magical on the leaves and sentiment! Love it!

Apparently it's supposed to cool off and even rain next week. I sure hope they're right about that, we could really use a break from the crazy!! lol. Have a wonderful weekend! hugs :)

Gosh, a super informative tutorial with the digi work you did on here (and I have it bookmarked!). This looks very 'Eastern' with the paisley design of the elephant, and very impressive with the double shadow effect you've done. Love that you made your own paper too replicating the paisley. That was such a nifty extra detail to add more pizzaz to this wonderful card. Loving that super glittered sentiment...that's an awesome color and great to know it's detail as well. Thanks for taking time to show the pictures and explain how you did these snazzy elephants! TFS & Hugs

Wow! Lots of great tips and an utterly fantastic card! I love those elephants so much and was completely smitten by them as the main attraction, then scrolled down and saw your leaves and was smitten all anew. As always, the little things catch my eye, but those leaves are no small thing. They're gorgeous. But the paisley elephants, really... dang. Love this card!

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